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a guide to Record Store Day 2013

and Andrew Sacher Ex Cops DJing at Other Music, RSD 2012 (more) We’re about a week out from Record Store Day 2013. When it began in 2008, RSD was a celebration of brick-and-mortar stores in the face of digital downloads, offering up exclusive releases to get people out to stores…

Red Bull Music Academy reveals full NYC lineup (Oneohtrix, Lee Perry, Andy Stott, Laurel Halo, Skream, Le1f, Young Chop, Big Freedia, Pantha Du Prince, Congos/Sun Araw, more)

As mentioned, tickets went on sale today for the previously announced Red Bull Music Academy events, which take over NYC from April 28 to May 31…

John Talabot announces North American tour, remixed Peaking Lights (dates, stream)

John Talabot at LPR in 2012 (more by Maxwell Reichert) As just revealed in the Sasquatch 2013 lineup announcement, Barcelona producer John Talabot will be making his way over to North America in May for the festival…

Gardens & Villa's Top 10 Songs of 2012

Gardens & Villa at Webster Hall in October (more by Amanda Hatfield) Santa Barbara indie pop crew Gardens & Villa haven’t given us an album since their 2011 self titled debut on Secretly Canadian, but they did treat us to some music this year with a cover of “Gypsy” for the the Fleetwood Mac tribute album, Just Tell Me That You Want Me, and a remix of their tourmates Polica‘s “The Maker” for Polica’s remix EP…

30 of Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2012

Today Pitchfork posted the first half (well, first 30 albums) of their Top 50 Albums of 2012 list. There are some surprises on it, like Peaking Lights and Sharon Van Etten, who seemed more likely to end up on their Honorable Mentions list due to their relatively lower scores and the fact that most of the albums on this list were awarded Best New Music throughout the y…

Pitchfork's Top 100 Tracks of 2012 (Grimes' "Oblivion" is #1)

Pitchfork just posted their much anticipated list of the top 100 tracks of 2012. The #1 slot went to… Grimes! Whether you thought the whole of her album Visions was good or not, it was hard to deny the charms of “Oblivion…

What's going on Monday?

The Swan King @ Brooklyn’s Saint Vitus in March (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) today in Chicago * Of Monsters and Men, Elle King @ the Riv (Night 2) * Dying Fetus, Malignancy, Cerebral Bore @ Reggie’s * Have Mercy, DADS, Kittyhawk, Having Antlers @ Township * The Swan King, Pinebender, Pink Avalanche @ Empty Bottle (Free Show) The Swan King play the Bottle tonight with Pinebender and Pink Avalanche…

Q Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2012

Q Magazine put out their Top 50 albums of 2012 list, choosing to do so in no particular order this year, making it more a pile than a list…

What's going on Tuesday?

Ape School at Brooklyn Bowl 6/16/2012 (more by Jessica Amaya) today in NYC * Husky @ Joe’s Pub * ERIMAJ @ Joe’s Pub * Colin Quinn @ The Creek * Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes * Toubab Krewe @ City Winery * Dispatch @ Washington Square Park * Comic Book Club live @ Fontana’s * Alec Spiegelman Quartet @ Barbes * Celebrating Michael Brecker @ Blue Note * Ape School, Heaven, Arc in Round @ Glasslands * Joan Osborne, Meshell Ndegeocello @ City Winery * Pauline Oliveros and Susie Ibarra Duet @ The Stone * Bad Neighbors, Slushy, Psycho Hippies @ Cake Shop * Ben Von Wildenhaus, Dimestore Dance Band @ Zebulon * The Neighbourhood, Lovelife @ The Studio at Webster Hall * Susie Ibarra, Thollem McDonas, Pauline Oliveros Trio @ The Stone * Steel Phantoms, Sundress, Cooper Formant, Rosary Beard @ Cameo Gallery * Child Abuse, Bludded Head, Terminator II, Little Women @ Death By Audio * Beach Arabs, Freecare, Boner, Eleanor & Shark @ Brooklyn Fireproof East * Mother Eve’s Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood @ The Players Theatre * The Ultimate Trivia Night: 15 Minutes of Fame with Host Pat Kiernan @ The Bell House * The Moon w/ Cocoon Central Dance Team, Rob Sikoryak, Jamie Kilstein, Lakutis @ Union Pool * Mr. Co…

Peaking Lights playing 'Lucifer' album release show in NYC (dates & stream)

Psych/dub duo Peaking Lights are set to release their new album, Lucifer, next week (6/19) via Mexican Summer. It follows last year’s great 936 LP and is a bit clearer and fuller sounding (perhaps due to an increased budget from their new label) which only benefits the band…
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